Due to your phenomenal amount of requests, Thirty Seconds To Mars will be gracing the stage at this year's MTV EMAs!

The award show will take place on November 7th. In most of Europe, it will be aired live on MTV at 21.00 CET. In the U.S., it will be aired on MTV2 at 9pm. Other areas, please check your local listings!

'This Is War' Deluxe Edition

Available now!

The deluxe edition of This Is War is here! The album contains three bonus tracks, a DVD, and a photo gallery. There are four available covers for this edition, get your copy HERE.

MTV Buzzworthy:

Jared Leto Shows You How To Play

‘Closer To The Edge’,

Invites The Echelon To Make It Your Own

Jared recently sat down with MTV and lets in on the songwriting process for song "Closer to the Edge". He talks of the song's origins and history. Watch the intimate interview on MTV.

Have Your Voice Featured On the Short Film

Want to be a part of the HURRICANE film? We’re looking for Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and English people to record themselves speaking in their native tongues with a chance to be featured in the short film.

It's time for the end of the year polls in Kerrang! Magazine and they're asking YOU who rocked your 2010. Nominate MARS on any categories you see fit! Vote HERE.

Vote Thirty Seconds To Mars

For People's Choice Award Nomination

Thirty Seconds To Mars is listed among the potential nominees in the Favorite Rock Band category for the People's Choice Awards 2011! Choose MARS as an official nominee HERE.

Thanks for voting MARS for the EMAs

Thursday was the last day to vote MARS for EMAs. Thanks to all who put in the time every day the past few months to vote MARS for Best Rock and Best World Stage Performance. Results are revealed at the EMAs this Sunday!

Be sure to visit the Official Tour Page for all available ticket information regarding current and recently rescheduled dates, and printable promotional flyers.

Use Twitter? Be sure to keep updated with the latest ticket releases and relating announcements by following @30SECONDSTOMARS, and @MarsGoldenTix for overseas VIP Ticket Packages.

Use Facebook? Remember to "RSVP" for each event you plan on attending on the official Thirty Seconds To Mars Facebook Events Page by clicking here.

CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION!

Inspired by many of your Triad Global Assault submissions, the CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION has ignited! Siberian Echelon got together to illuminate this twinkling triad for the Candlelight Mission:

Create the Triad symbol using candlelight or any form of light in high-profile locations in your area! The bigger, the better. Get creative!

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. @xCapricorniax's avatar features snapshots from This Is War for this year's MTV EMA voting campaign.

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference is a book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little Brown in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point." The book seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological changes that mark everyday life. As Gladwell states, "Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread like viruses do."

Movie of the Week

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic fantasy film scripted by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction, nonlinear narration and neosurrealism to explore the nature of memory and romantic love.It opened in North America on March 19, 2004 and grossed over US$70 million worldwide .

Album of the Week

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols is the only studio album by the English punk rock band The Sex Pistols, a highly influential and controversial English punk rock band. Fans and critics alike generally regard the album as an extremely important album in the history of rock music, citing the lasting influence it has had on subsequent punk rock musicians and other musical genres that were influenced by such punk rock artists.

Restaurant of the Week

New York Magazine says Omen Restaurant is "The most singularly uncommon Japanese meal you can clear your senses with is to be found at this rustic home to Kyoto-style country cooking. The food looks coarse—little bowls with mackerel and daikon radish, or a quail egg oozing over a chunk of toro—and the first swallow is likely to be eerie and sharp. But the aftertaste provokes instantaneous acceptance followed by a craving for more."

Thirty Seconds To Mars picked up their 4th MTV European Music Award in Madrid when they were announced the winners of the 2010 Best Rock Band Award. Huge thanks to the Echelon family for voting relentlessly the past couple months to secure the win!

Kanye West Surprise Appearance For Mars' EMA Performance of 'Hurricane'

MARS surprised fans at the Puerta de Alcala and all over the world during their performance of "Hurricane", bringing out an unannounced cameo appearance by Kanye West. MTV declared the moment the "true highlight" of the night. Read the article and watch the performance HERE.

Hurricane Preview

We've shared photos and articles from the making of "Hurricane" the past couple of weeks. Now, MARS brings you an exclusive glimpse of the short film. Check out the preview by clicking the still above or HERE.

YRB Magazine Cover Feature

Thirty Seconds To Mars are on the cover of YRB Magazine. The trio discusses the highlights of the past year, The Hive, and their fans. Check out all the photos and interview HERE.

Vote Thirty Seconds To Mars For Kerrang! Readers Poll 2010

Who rocked YOUR 2010? Fill out the end of the year polls in Kerrang! Magazine. Nominate MARS on any categories you see fit! Vote HERE.

Vote Thirty Seconds To Mars For People's Choice Award Nomination

Thirty Seconds To Mars is listed among the potential nominees in the Favorite Rock Band category for the People's Choice Awards 2011! Choose MARS as an official nominee HERE.

Attention Echelon worldwide! Join Thirty Seconds to Mars on New Years Eve in Las Vegas for NIGHT OF THE HUNTER: A celebration of 2010 and the future to come! General tickets on sale this Saturday. Nov. 13, at noon.

Be sure to visit the Official Tour Page for all available ticket information regarding current and recently rescheduled dates, and printable promotional flyers.

Use Twitter? Be sure to keep updated with the latest ticket releases and relating announcements by following @30SECONDSTOMARS, and @MarsGoldenTix for overseas VIP Ticket Packages.

Use Facebook? Remember to "RSVP" for each event you plan on attending on the official Thirty Seconds To Mars Facebook Events Page by clicking here.

CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION!

Inspired by many of your Triad Global Assault submissions, the CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION has ignited! Julia from Jersey carved the portraits of the MARs trio on old cans and used candles to compose this creative and memorable triad:

Create the Triad symbol using candlelight or any form of light in high-profile locations in your area! The bigger, the better. Get creative!

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. @lebouefbrittany's avatar uses one of the four new covers for This Is War Deluxe Edition, provided by The Hive.

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

The Sun Also Rises is the first major novel by Ernest Hemingway. Published in 1926, the plot centers on a group of expatriate Americans and Britons in continental Europe during the 1920s. It follows the group from Paris to the running of the bulls in Pamplona. The book's title, selected by Hemingway (at the recommendation of his publisher) is taken from Ecclesiastes 1:5: "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose." It is often described as Hemingway's best novel.

Movie of the Week

Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, "The Faun's Labyrinth") is a 2006 Spanish-language fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. Pan's Labyrinth takes place in Spain, in May and June, 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, during the early Franquist period. The narrative of the film interweaves this real world with a fantasy world centered around an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with which the main character Ofelia interacts. The film employs make-up, animatronics and CGI effects to create its creatures.

Album of the Week

$O$ is the debut album by South African rap-rave group, Die Antwoord. The album was initially a widely-circulated internet-only release, and made available to stream for free on the band's website prior to Interscope Records signing the band. Following the group's signing to Interscope in the US, it was announced that $O$ would be rereleased in physical format with a different tracklisting. Diplo produced one of the new tracks on the re-release, Evil Boy, for which a promotional video was made available on 6 October 2010. In an interview with Xeni Jardin, Ninja mentioned that he considered the album to be the first in a five-album plan.

Website of the Week

The Find Your Inner Animal quiz was developed by WWF and provides rich content on the plight of some of the world’s most threatened species. As the world’s largest conservation organization we work in more than 100 countries around the world so anything we can do to educate people goes a long way to protecting species from extinction.The Find Your Inner Animal quiz was developed by WWF and provides rich content on the plight of some of the world’s most threatened species. As the world’s largest conservation organization, WWF works in more than 100 countries around the world to educate people to protect species from extinction.

This Is War Deluxe Edition is available in stores and on iTunes in the U.S.! The deluxe edition includes new unreleased tracks, a DVD, and a photo gallery. You can purchase the album in the official store or on iTunes. The deluxe edition will be available internationally on November 29.

Thirty Seconds To Mars Perform 'Closer To The Edge' on German TV

MARS stopped by the TV Total studios in Germany for a live performance of "Closer to the Edge". Check it out HERE.

'Hurricane' Preview Have you seen the 'Hurricane' preview? Watch an exclusive first look at the short film HERE. Share the link on your facebook status, on a tweet, email, etc.!

Vote Thirty Seconds To Mars For Kerrang! Readers Poll 2010

Select your favorites of 2010 at the annual end of the year polls in Kerrang! Magazine. Continue voting MARS HERE.

Vote Thirty Seconds To Mars For People's Choice Award Nomination

Thirty Seconds To Mars is listed among the potential nominees in the Favorite Rock Band category for the People's Choice Awards 2011! Choose MARS as an official nominee HERE.

MARS RETURNS TO THE U.S. FOR THEIR FIRST 2011 TOUR! (presented by HP). Presale tickets and Golden Ticket packages available TODAY. General tickets begin this Friday, November 19.

Be sure to visit the Official Tour Page for all available ticket information regarding current and recently rescheduled dates, and printable promotional flyers.

Use Twitter? Be sure to keep updated with the latest ticket releases and relating announcements by following @30SECONDSTOMARS, and @MarsGoldenTix for overseas VIP Ticket Packages.

Use Facebook? Remember to "RSVP" for each event you plan on attending on the official Thirty Seconds To Mars Facebook Events Page by clicking here.

CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION!

Inspired by many of your Triad Global Assault submissions, the CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION has ignited! Russian echelon composed this beauty for the mission:

Create the Triad symbol using candlelight or any form of light in high-profile locations in your area! The bigger, the better. Get creative! Submit your candlelight triad photos to the Triad Global Assault page, tagging photos as ‘candlelight’.

Remember: ALWAYS abide by local laws and Candles Safety Rules.

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. @SmlTwnEchelon's avatar promotes both the deluxe edition and "This Is War" single!

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

Here are some tools you can print out on your own! Flyers • Mars Stencil • Full Size Poster

Live in or near a MARS tour stop? Promo weeks before the show date in that area! If you have pictures or video from your own street team missions, please send links to thisisthehive@gmail.com.

The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922. It is a critique of the American Dream. The Great Gatsby has become a standard text in high school and university courses on American literature in countries around the world, and is ranked second in the Modern Library's lists of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century.

Movie of the Week

An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate, he has given more than a thousand times. Since the film's release, An Inconvenient Truth has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and reenergizing the environmental movement.

Album of the Week

Fever Ray is the debut solo album from Fever Ray, an alias of Karin Dreijer Andersson of the electronic duo The Knife. The album was released on March 18, 2009. While The Knife was on hiatus, Andersson released her solo debut album under the title Fever Ray in March of 2009 via Rabid Records in Europe and in January of 2009 by Mute Records in North America. "If I Had a Heart", the first single of the album, was released digitally on 15 December 2008. The self-titled album Fever Ray was released digitally via Rabid Records on 13 January 2009. It was widely praised.

Restaurant of the Week

Combining creative, beautifully presented healthy and delicious cuisine with gracious and knowledgeable service in a gorgeous duplex space, Candle 79 is at the forefront of a movement to bring elegance to vegetarian cuisine, and to bring the concepts of "local," "seasonal," "organic," and "vegan" into the culinary mainstream. To further help it it's cause, Candle 79 also works in partnership with Social Venture Network, Better world Books, New York Coalition for Healthy School Food, Farm Sanctuary, Wellness in the Schools, Co-op America, and the Northeast Organic Farmer's Association.

'Hurricane' Teasers

HURRICANE is coming!! To prepare you, MARS is releasing teasers of the short film every night this week at Midnight PST. Get an exclusive look with the first three teasersHERE.

Marie Claire Video Interview

Shannon and Tomo recently sat down with Marie Claire magazine for a video Q&A. Look out for more of the interview in a future issue of South Africa's Marie Claire in 2011. Check out the video interviewHERE.

MusicReview: Interview with Shannon and Tomo

MusicReview caught up with Shannon and Tomo and chatted about the band’s love for South Africa, upcoming shows, the recording experience of This Is War and the future direction of the band. Read the interview HERE.

'This Is War' Deluxe Edition

Available Internationally Nov. 29!

This Is War Deluxe Edition will be available internationally in 5 days! The new release includes exclusive tracks, a photo gallery, and a DVD. For those in the U.S., the album is now in the official store and on iTunes.

Vote Thirty Seconds To Mars

For Kerrang! Readers Poll 2010

Kerrang! Magazine is asking for your end of the year favorites in their 2010 Readers' Poll! Vote MARS HERE.

The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-fictional accounts in the novel are based upon events that occurred years after the events of On the Road. The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet and essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s. The book largely concerns duality in Kerouac's life and ideals, examining the relationship that the outdoors, bicycling, mountaineering, hiking and hitchhiking through the West had with his "city life" of jazz clubs, poetry readings, and drunken parties.

Movie of the Week

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (commonly known as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 black comedy film which satirized the nuclear scare. It was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, and follows the President of the United States, his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse, as well as the crew of one B-52 as they attempt to deliver their payload.

Album of the Week

Lungs is the debut album by the London-based indie pop band Florence and the Machine, released 6 July 2009 by Island Records. Lungs was a main contender for the 2009 Mercury Prize and has garnered generally favorable reviews from music critics. Additionally, the album won the Mastercard British Album award at the 2010 BRIT Awards.

Website of the Week

Care2 is a social network website that was founded by Randy Paynter in 1998 to help connect activists from around the world. It has a membership of approximately 14 million people. Care2's stated mission is to help people make the world a better place by connecting them with the individuals, organizations and responsible businesses making an impact. Care2 members create an online identity by filling out a profile with personal information, as in most social networking sites, but Care2 also asks for information about its members' involvement in activism. The social interactions on Care2 revolve around groups that connect people who care about similar issues. Internet petitions and news articles posted by members are also frequently used.

Hurricane faced some setbacks prior to release with censor restrictions from various television networks. Jared blogged about the ordeal, including a letter he received. Check it outHERE.

Entertainment Weekly- Jared Leto

Talks 'Banned' MARS Video

Etertainment Weekly talks with Jared about the HURRICANE broadcast issues. He discusses possible creative solutions and the 'interesting double standard' of television content. Read the interview on EW.com.

'This Is War' Deluxe Edition

Available Internationally!

This Is War Deluxe Edition is now available internationally! The new release includes exclusive tracks, a photo gallery, and a DVD. For those in the U.S., you can purchase at the official store and on iTunes.

Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace that presents a dystopian vision of North America in the near future. The intricate narrative treats elements as diverse as junior tennis, substance abuse and recovery programs, depression, child abuse, family relationships, advertising and popular entertainment, film theory, and Quebec separatism. In 2005 Time magazine included the book in its list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.

Movie of the Week

Mulholland Drive is a 2001 American psychological thriller written and directed by David Lynch, starring Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, and Justin Theroux. The surrealist film was highly acclaimed by many critics and earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director Award) at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Director. The film is widely regarded as one of Lynch's finest works, and has been chosen by many critics as representing a significant perspective of the 2000s.

Album of the Week

Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, released June 18, 2010 by Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by various record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, and Dr. Dre. Originally recorded as a sequel to Eminem's previous album Relapse (2009), Recovery features more introspective and emotional content than its predecessor.

Website of the Week

Over 90,000 people are living with HIV in the UK and new infections continue every year. World AIDS Day 2010 is all about raising awareness to tackle HIV prejudice and help stop the spread of HIV Explore this site to ensure you understand the facts about HIV and find out what you can do to ACT AWARE. Make a pledge and join people all over the world making a difference on 01 December 2010.

Jared talks with AOL Spinner about the Hurricane short film and the theme plans for the New Years Eve show in Las Vegas. Read on to discover what Jared may dress as HERE.

PALMS Casino ResortOffering MARS NYE Package Deal

Many of you are traveling to Las Vegas for MARS' New Years Eve show, and the Palms Casino Resort would like to make that trip easier! They are offering a package deal for the night! The package includes a 2-night stay in a deluxe room, 2 concert tickets, and drinks. Find out more HERE.

Kerrang!'s 2010 Readers' Poll Results

The results are in! Thanks to your votes, MARS has won BEST LIVE BAND OF 2010. Pick up the latest issue of Kerrang! Magazine for all the results, an article on 'Hurricane', and a live review of the MARS gig in London's 02.

'Hurricane' Short Film

Continuing spreading the video for the HURRICANE: SHORT FILM. Post a tweet, link it on your facebook status, send it in emails, etc. Enjoy the video on youtube HERE.

Naked Lunch is a novel by William S. Burroughs originally published in 1959.The book is structured as a series of loosely-connected vignettes. Burroughs himself stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the US to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. The vignettes (which Burroughs called "routines") are drawn from Burroughs' own experience in these places, and his addiction to drugs (heroin, morphine, and while in Tangier, "Majoun"—a strong marijuana confection—as well as a German opioid, brand name Eukodol, of which he wrote frequently).

Movie of the Week

Sunset Boulevard (also known as Sunset Blvd.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. The film stars William Holden as an unsuccessful screenwriter and Gloria Swanson as a faded silent movie star who draws him into her fantasy world, in which she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen.

Album of the Week

Silent Shout is the third studio album by the Swedish electropop duo The Knife. Silent Shout remains one of the most acclaimed records of the 2000s. Pitchfork Media named it the best album of 2006, with its title track being ranked the number-two song of the year. The song was also listed at number 74 on the website's list of The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s, while the album was placed at number 15 on its list of The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.

MARS has released a series of additional explicit chapters to HURRICANE: THE FILM. This content is not found in the official versions of the film, but are extra storyline footage. For the full content and to check out all the chapters, clickHERE.

VIP Luxury Box For Vegas NYE Show

Ring in the New Year in Vegas with MARS in style! The band is offering a VIP luxury box seating, for you and 10 friends. Includes VIP entrance, exclusive merch, meet and greet, and more! Buy this exclusive offer HERE.

Vote MARS For NME Awards 2011

NME is looking for nominees for various categories for the 2011 Shockwaves NME Awards. Nominate MARS in the Best International Band and Best Live Band categories at their website.

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. This avatar by @JUST_30STM uses footage from the Hurricane film to promote the video, while simultaneously promoting THIS IS WAR with the use of the Deluxe cover:

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

Blindness is a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago. Blindness is the story of an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness afflicting nearly everyone in an unnamed city, and the social breakdown that swiftly follows. The novel follows the misfortunes of a handful of characters who are among the first to be stricken and centers around a doctor and his wife, several of the doctor’s patients, and assorted others, thrown together by chance.

Movie of the Week

Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Crispin Glover. The film tells the story of Marty McFly, a teenager who is accidentally sent back in time from 1985 to 1955. He meets his parents in high school, accidentally attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by causing his parents to fall in love, while finding a way to return to 1985.

Album of the Week

Play is the fifth studio album by the music artist Moby, released on May 17, 1999 on V2 Records. While some of Moby's earlier work garnered critical and commercial success within the electronic dance music scene, Play was both a critical success and a commercial phenomenon. The album introduced Moby to a worldwide mainstream audience, not only through a large number of hit singles (that helped the album to dominate worldwide charts for two years), but also through unprecedented licensing of his music in films, television and commercial advertisements. It eventually became the biggest-selling album of its genre, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide.

Website of the Week

Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major William L. Hendricks. The mission of the program "is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted."The stated goal is to "deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens."

Have you seen HURRICANE UNCENSORED: Full-length Explicit Director's Cut? Experience it now, available in all regions! Share the video on twitter, facebook, emails, etc.!

Vote HURRICANE For MTV Buzzworthy's

Most Epically Unforgettable Video

MTV Buzzworthy wants to know what video rocked and shocked your 2010. If you think HURRICANE was the 'Most Epically Unforgettable Video' of the year, click HERE to vote. Poll ends Sunday, December 26!

VIP Luxury Boxes For Vegas NYE Show

Thirty Seconds to Mars is now offering you the opportunity to purchase EXCLUSIVE VIP BOX SEAT PACKAGES to their live performance in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 31st, 2010. These tickets are in LIMITED QUANTITY and available for a one-day sale on Sun, Dec. 26. ORDER HERE!

Vote MARS For NME Awards 2011

NME is looking for nominees for various categories for the 2011 Shockwaves NME Awards. Nominate MARS in the Best International Band and Best Live Band categories at their website.

Be sure to visit the Official Tour Page for all available ticket information regarding current and recently rescheduled dates, and printable promotional flyers.

Use Twitter? Be sure to keep updated with the latest ticket releases and relating announcements by following @30SECONDSTOMARS, and @MarsGoldenTix for overseas VIP Ticket Packages.

Use Facebook? Remember to "RSVP" for each event you plan on attending on the official Thirty Seconds To Mars Facebook Events Page by clicking here.

CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION!

Inspired by many of your Triad Global Assault submissions, the CANDLELIGHT TRIAD MISSION has ignited! Mannheim Echelon created this triad using twinkle lights and ladders in Frankenthal. Perfect for the holiday season:

Create the Triad symbol using candlelight or any form of light in high-profile locations in your area! The bigger, the better. Get creative!

Blank Gaze (Nenhum Olhar), first published in 2000, is a novel by Portuguese writer Jose Luis Peixoto . It is the most translated of his novels. He received the José Saramago Prize in 2001 and describes a universe in which the landscape rural Alentejo is mixed with elements of fantasy. In a village in the Portuguese region of Alentejo, against a background of severe rural poverty, Jose Luis Peixoto weaves a mesmerising tale of men and women hardened by hunger and toil, but prey to love, jealousy, violence and the overwhelming power of dynastic fate. Jose, a taciturn shepherd, sees his happiness slowly crumble away as the 'devil' tells him he is being cuckolded.

Movie of the Week

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and the contributions he has made to his community.

Album of the Week

Ramones is the eponymous debut album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, who are widely cited as the first punk rock band. It was released on April 23, 1976 through Sire Records. The album features several themes, including Nazism, violence, male prostitution and drug use. It has fourteen tracks and is twenty-nine minutes and four seconds long. The group covered the song "Let's Dance" by Chris Montez. The album received very high ratings by reviewers, with Allmusic and Rolling Stone, both rewarding it with a maximum rating of five out of five stars.

Website of the Week

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top-ten internet property.

The results are in for MTV Buzzworthy's Fan Favorites Year End Polls. 'Hurricane' took the title of Most Epically Unforgettable Video of 2010 by a whopping 53%. Congrats to all the Echelon for the win!

New Years Eve with MARS in Las Vegas

You still have time to end 2010 with MARS in Las Vegas this Friday, December 31st! Tickets are available HERE. Palms Casino also has a MARS NYE Package including concert tickets and room. In addition, the band is also offering EXCLUSIVE VIP BOX SEAT PACKAGES. These tickets are a LIMITED QUANTITY so ORDER HERE!

Vote MARS For NME Awards 2011

NME is still asking YOU for nominees for the 2011 Shockwaves NME Awards. Select MARS in the Best International Band and Best Live Band categories at their website.

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. @MO_ECHELON's avatar displays all four THIS IS WAR DELUXE EDITION covers. A simple, yet eye-catching and affective promo:

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

Cat's Cradle is a 1963 novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It explores issues of science, technology, and religion, satirizing the arms race and many other targets along the way. After turning down his original thesis, the University of Chicago, in 1971, awarded Vonnegut his Master's degree in anthropology for Cat's Cradle. The title of the book derives from the string game "cat's cradle". Early in the book we learn that Felix Hoenikker (a fictional co-inventor of the atom bomb) was playing cat's cradle when the bomb was dropped, and the game is later referenced by his son, Newton Hoenikker.

Movie of the Week

Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The film was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor, based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac. A retired police detective, who has acrophobia, is hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance to uncover the mystery of her peculiar behavior.

Album of the Week

Is This It is the debut studio album by American indie rock band The Strokes. The record entered the UK Albums Chart at number two and peaked at number 33 on the U.S. Billboard 200, going on to achieve platinum status in several markets. "Hard to Explain", "Last Nite", and "Someday" were released as singles. For the album, The Strokes strived to capture a simple rock sound that was not significantly enhanced in the studio. Building on the work of their 2001 debut EP, The Modern Age, the band members molded compositions largely through live takes during the recording sessions, while lyricist Julian Casablancas continued to detail the lives and relationships of urban youth.

Website of the Week

Pencils of Promise partners with local communities to build schools and increase educational opportunities in the developing world. The organization focuses on early education, high potential females and empowering a new generation of passionate young leaders to create profound good.

In between a short break from tour, Jared decided to spend time in Haiti, working with various organizations and charities providing relief and aid to the many victims still suffering from last year's earthquake. Follow Jared's updates on his site HERE.

Golden Tickets to MARS

Kick off the new year with MARS in the 2011 U.S. Tour! Get exclusive merch, band meet and greet, and more with Golden Ticket Packages. Sales end 10 days before the show date, so San Diego 1/11 Golden Ticket Packages end TODAY! Get your Golden Tickets NOW!

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. We like @helenS_mars' avatar, combining the THIS IS WAR album cover with images from HURRICANE: THE FILM:

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

Interview with the Vampire is a vampire novel by Anne Rice written in 1973 and published in 1976. It was the first novel to feature the enigmatic vampire Lestat, and was followed by several sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles. A vampire named Louis tells his 200-year-long life story to reporter Daniel Molloy (who is only referred to as "the boy" in the novel). A film version, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, was released in 1994. To date, the novel has sold some 8 million copies worldwide.

Movie of the Week

Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The movie itself was based on the biography called Capote by Gerald Clarke. The movie was filmed mostly in Manitoba, in the autumn of 2004, and was released on September 30, 2005, to coincide with Truman Capote's 81st birthday.

Album of the Week

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the debut album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys. It was released in September 1980 through Faulty Products in the United States (later by the DK's own Alternative Tentacles label) and through Cherry Red Records in the United Kingdom. The best selling and generally the most critically acclaimed album by the Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables has become a major staple of American punk.

Website of the Week

Founded by actor and humanitarian Sean Penn, J/P HRO began its work just hours after the earthquake hit. Through his previous relief efforts — including experience rescuing hurricane victims and helping to rebuild New Orleans after hurricane Katrina — he had amassed a large network of emergency management and government contacts, whom he mobilized to take immediate action in Haiti. J/P HRO focuses on medical aid, protection and re-location, predominantly in Port au Prince.

An entire year has passed since that devastating quake struck and shattered the lives of so many innocent people.A lot has been done, many lives saved, children and families sheltered,but I can tell you first hand that there is much left to do, so many tohelp, and millions that are in desperate need..."

Continue reading Jared's post on his official site.

Purchase Jared's book of photos from his recent trip to Haiti HERE. 100% of the profits go to charities to assist those affected by the quake.

Theme Nights on the MARS Tour

Gear up for these Theme Nights on the MARS 2011 TOUR! (Presented by HP):

Kick off the new year with MARS in the 2011 U.S. Tour Presented by HP!Get exclusive merch, band meet and greet, and more with Golden Ticket Packages. Sales end 10 days before the show date, so San Diego 1/11 Golden Ticket Packages end TODAY! Get your Golden Tickets NOW!

Here are a few links to focus your votes on this week:

Nominate MARS as Best International Band and Best Live Band categories at their 2011 Shockwaves NME Awards. Write in 'Thirty Seconds to Mars' in categories for Spin's 2010 Reader's Poll. Rate 'Closer to the Edge' as the NME Best Video of 2010. 'Kings and Queens' as Best International Hit for MK Awards.

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks. @paganigirl's avatar uses one of Jared's photographs from Haiti to bring awareness to the country and Jared's cause:

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anythingMARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

Help us spread the word about Thirty Seconds To Mars and the new album, This Is War. Below are the 12 Steps to Mars which you can use on a daily basis to help. Click Here to Read NOW!

Here are some tools you can print out on your own!

Flyers • Mars Stencil • Full Size Poster

Live in or near a MARS tour stop? Promo weeks before the show date inthat area! If you have pictures or video from your own street teammissions, please send links to thisisthehive@gmail.com.

Childhood's End isa 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. Thestory follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysteriousOverlords, whose arrival ends all war, helps form a world government,and turns the planet into a near-utopia. Many questions are asked aboutthe origins and mission of the aliens, but they avoid answering,preferring to remain in their ships, governing through indirect rule.

Movie of the Week

Casablancais a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz,starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, andfeaturing Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and PeterLorre. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, inthe words of one character, love and virtue. He must choose between hislove for a woman and helping her and her Czech Resistance leaderhusband escape from the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca tocontinue his fight against the Nazis.

Album of the Week

High Violetis the fifth studio album by The National, which was released on May10, 2010 in Europe and on May 11, 2010 in North America via 4AD. Theband produced the album themselves assisted by Peter Katis with whomthey worked on their previous albums Alligator and Boxerat their own studio in Brooklyn, New York, and at Katis' TarquinStudios in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The sculpture on the album coverwas created by artist Mark Fox, and is called The Binding Force.

Website of the Week

TheGlobal DIRT team is currently dedicating its services to Haiti where ithas earned a reputation as a go-to NGO for assistance in transportationand logistics. DIRT has provided water, food and medical supplies inareas that have not always been reached by larger organizations. Theteam specializes in emergency patient transfers and works diligently toimprove communication between local hospitals and clinics.

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